Capacity to Striving for Goals and Coping with Earthquake Stress in University Students After the Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes

Year 2024, Volume: 21 Issue: 5, 300 - 315

Ayşin Çetinkaya Büyükbodur , Ayşegül Kılıçlı , Murat Genç , Ümmet Erkan

https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1529740

Abstract

Earthquakes are natural disasters that cause loss of life, property, and can lead to mental health issues such as PTSD. The Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes, which caused widespread destruction across Turkey on February 6, 2023, significantly impacted the psychosocial well-being of university students. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, coping strategies with earthquake stress, and striving for goals and the factors affecting them in university students after the 6 February earthquakes in Turkey. The mean scale scores of the participants were ESCS (46.0±8.7) high, SGS (40.8±6.1) moderate, and PSS-SR (32.9±12.0) moderate. According to the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and their experiences in the earthquake, the mean scores of ESCS and PSS-SR and the median score value of SGS showed a significant difference (p<.01). A negative correlation was found between PSS-SR and ESCS and SGS (p<.01). In addition, the goals give up sub-dimension of SGS is the factor that most positively predicts PTSD. In this context there is a need to develop coping strategies for earthquake stress and the capacity to struggle for goals in university students. For this reason, universities and mental health professionals should develop programs and practices to help students achieve goals in their lives and develop strategies to cope with earthquake stress.

Keywords

Earthquake, Trauma, Earthquake Stress, Striving for Goals, University Students

Ethical Statement

Before starting the study, ethics committee permission (Date: 10/03/2023, No: 34) was obtained from Muş Alparslan University Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee. Then, institutional permission (Date: 15.03.2023, No: 87317) was obtained from the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Informed consent was obtained from the participants before the questionnaire was administered.

Supporting Institution

Not supported by any institution

Project Number

Not a Project

Thanks

The authors would like to thank the students of Muş Alparslan University, Faculty of Health Sciences who participated in the study.

Kahramanmaraş Depremleri Sonrasında Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Amaçlar İçin Mücadele Etme Kapasitesi ve Deprem Stresiyle Baş Etme

Abstract

Depremler, can ve mal kaybına neden olan ve TSSB gibi ruh sağlığı sorunlarına yol açabilen doğal afetlerdir. 6 Şubat 2023'te Türkiye genelinde yaygın yıkıma neden olan Kahramanmaraş Depremleri, üniversite öğrencilerinin psikososyal refahını önemli ölçüde etkiledi. Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye de meydana gelen 6 Şubat depremleri sonrasında üniversite öğrencilerinde travma sonrası stres bozukluğu belirtileri, deprem stresi ile baş etme stratejileri ve amaçlar için mücadele durumları arasındaki ilişkiyi ve bunlara etkide bulunan faktörleri araştırmaktı. Katılımcıların ölçek puan ortalamaları DSBSÖ (46.0±8.7) yüksek, AMÖ (40.8±6.1) ve TSSBBÖ-KD (32.9±12.0) için orta düzeyde saptanmıştır. Katılımcıların sosyodemografik özelliklerine ve depremde yaşadıkları deneyimlere göre DSBÖ ve TSSBBÖ-KD puan ortalaması, AMÖ ortanca puan değerinin anlamlı farklılık gösterdiği (p<.01), TSSBBÖ-KD ile DSBSÖ ve AMÖ arasında negatif yönlü ilişki saptanmıştır (p<.01). Ayrıca AMÖ’nin mücadeleyi bırakma alt boyutu TSSBB’yi en fazla pozitif yordayan faktördür. Bu bağlamda üniversite öğrencilerinde deprem stresi ile baş etme stratejilerinin ve amaçlar için mücadele kapasitesinin geliştirilmesine gereksinim duyulmaktadır. Bunun için üniversiteler ve ruh sağlığı profesyonelleri öğrencilerin yaşamlarında amaçlar edinmeleri ve deprem stresi baş etme stratejileri geliştirmeleri için programlar ve uygulamalar geliştirmelidirler.

Keywords

Earthquake, Trauma, Earthquake Stress, Striving for Goals, University Students

Project Number

Not a Project

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